Karen Blixen
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Baroness Karen Christentze von Blixen-Finecke was a Danish author who wrote in Danish and English. She is also known under her pen names Isak Dinesen, used in English-speaking countries; Tania Blixen,
Blixen in 1957
The Mattrup seat farm, 1861
Karen Blixen photographed in 1913
Karen Blixen with her brother Thomas on the family farm in Kenya in the 1920s
Out of Africa (film)
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Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. The film is based loosely on the 1937 autobiographical
Karen Blixen
…given to the Kenyan government in 1964 as an independence gift. The government established a college of nutrition on the site and then when the film Out of Africa was released in 1985, the college was acquired by the National Museums of Kenya. A year later, the Karen Blixen Museum was opened and features many of…
Theatrical release poster
Wedding dress worn by Meryl Streep in the film